Hallelujah! 2020 in Review - Missing person, mysterious bodies highlighted year in crime
2020 was a year full of stories about shootings in Silver City, while human remains kept turning up in the forests of Grant County.
2020’s missing and dead
In late May, Silver City resident John Waters was reported missing by his wife, Amelia Waters; in August, Waters’ skull and only his skull was discovered by a hiker in the forest outside Pinos Altos. Authorities believed at the time that Waters may have been consumed by bears, but hadn’t determined a cause of death. Amelia Waters did not respond to an inquiry from the Daily Press last week regarding the current status of the investigation into the fate of her husband.
December 5, 2020
UPDATED: Judge impounds Grant Count ballots at Republican request Written by Makayla Grijalva on December 5, 2020
Two defeated Republicans, Grant County Commission District 5 candidate Tom Shelley and District 28 state Senate candidate James “Jimbo” Williams, filed a motion in District Court last week to impound Grant County’s general election ballots.
“It’s just a right, and both of our races were close,” Shelley told the Daily Press on Saturday. “It’s very expensive to pay the county clerk to do a recount but we are just going to do a little audit, and this way is less expensive.”
Williams also filed a petition to impound ballots in Socorro County, which were also taken into custody by New Mexico State Police last week. While the court order to impound the ballots in Grant County did not include terms for the inspection of the ballots, the court order signed in S